study-guide

Study Guide Skill

Create structured educational materials in four modes: full study guide, flashcards, outlines, and timelines.

When This Skill Applies

• User asks to create a study guide, review material, or help them study
• User asks for flashcards or flash cards for a topic
• User asks for an outline (essay, paper, presentation, lecture)
• User asks for a timeline or chronology of events
• User mentions study notes, revision, cram, key concepts, review material

Mode Detection

User Says	Mode
"flashcard" / "flash cards"	Flashcard Mode
"outline" (essay, paper, lecture)	Outline Mode
"timeline" / "chronology" / history + dates	Timeline Mode
Default (study guide, study, review, learn)	Study Guide Mode

Workflow Overview

1. Source Analysis — If user pasted text, analyze it. If topic only, web_search for key concepts and definitions.
2. Concept Extraction — Extract key concepts, vocabulary, relationships, processes, formulas, dates.
3. Content Generation — Generate study material in the detected mode format.
4. Output — Write to MA workspace as markdown (+ JSON for flashcards).

Output Formats

• Study Guide: Foundational → Intermediate → Advanced sections + practice questions + answer key
• Flashcards: Structured JSON + readable markdown, tagged by difficulty/topic/cardType
• Outline: Hierarchical structure with thesis → sections → subsections → evidence. Interactive pause for restructuring.
• Timeline: Events grouped by era, with causal links, significance, and study questions

Tools Used

• web_search — research topics when no source material provided
• web_fetch — fetch detailed content from discovered sources
• ws_write — write output files to workspace